On the declivity of the Atlantic basin the first streams, branches of the North Platte River, already appeared.
在大西洋盆地的坡地区,分布着许多由北普拉特河分出来的支流小河。
So low was an individual sound from these that a combination of hundreds only just emerged from silence, and the myriads of the whole declivity reached the woman's ear but as a shrivelled and intermittent recitative.
一朵石南花发出的声音,微乎其微,几百朵凑在一起,也只能在四下一片沉寂时听到,整个坡上无以数计的花朵送到那个女人耳边的,也不过是枯萎无力、断断续续的吟诵之声。
For about twenty minutes Grant followed that half-seen figure through a dark and silent world. He did not know his surrounding; he had to follow the figure blindly. He did not know when a step came, or a declivity, or an obstacle.
在大约二十分钟的时间里,格兰特跟着那个隐约可见的身影穿过一个黑暗寂静的世界。不知道周围的环境。不得不盲目地跟随那个身影。不知道什么时候有台阶、斜坡或障碍物出现。